Sadly I don't have a picture of the full scroll which I can share with you. But if you would like to see some there are some pictures on the CD of the World Exhibition 2007 which is available from JEC.
It has taken me longer than I thought to get back into the routine of stitching, but now I have and have finished Iris Stream I am looking forward to getting on with Treasure Ship.
This picture shows the lines on the boat in progress, I have completed this section, just need to take some photographs.
Couching gold work is my least favourite part of Japanese embroidery. This piece doesn't have much couching work on it, these clouds on the fan and part of the mast of the ship, but on going back to this piece I decided to work the fan clouds first so then I can relax and enjoy the rest of the stitching.
The gaps between the couching look quite obvious here, partly because it is a close up and partly because the black fabric shows through the gap. It looks ok in real life though so I will not be taking it out. Actually the spacing on the middle cloud is better then the one on the right. I worked the one on the right first so by the time I worked the middle one I had had a bit of practice. The third cloud on the left will also be filled in, I'll do that next.
